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Lesson 20
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Passage Genesis 25:19-28:9
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Content (List of Topics or Events)
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Isaac’s two boys and trouble with one birthright (25:19-34)
a. Isaac prays
and resulting twins (19-28)
b. Jacob the younger negotiates birthright from older Esau
with stew (29-34)
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Isaac, Abimelek and trouble with the land (26:1-33)
a. God’s instruction to stay in land (1-6)
b. Another
generation the same “she’s my sister lie” and Abimelek protection results (7-11)
c. Isaac blessed
100 fold and Abimelek “move” instruction (12-25)
d. Isaac built
alter and blessed Abimelek treaty (26-33)
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Esau and Jacob and trouble with Isaac’s blessing (26:34-27:41; 27:46; 28:6-9)
a. Isaac request to Esau for wild game with promise of
blessing (26:34-27:4)
b. Rebekah and Jacob fool Isaac to receive blessing (5-29)
c. Esau missed blessing with Isaac description of
blessing; anger results (30-41)
d. Esau marries again to displease 28:8-9)
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Jacob blessed and sent
to Laban for wife of in Abraham linage. (27:42-45:28:1-5)
a. Rebekah learns of Esau’s anger and to send Jacob to Laban (27:42-45)
b. Isaac blesses Jacob with instruction for wife criteria
(28:1-5)
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Divisions (Main Blocks of Thought)
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Division
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Scripture
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Isaac’s two boys and trouble with one birthright
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Genesis 25:19-34
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Isaac, Abimelek and trouble with the land
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Genesis 26:1-33
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Esau and Jacob and trouble with Isaac’s blessing
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Genesis 26:34-27:41; 27:46; 28:6-9
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Jacob blessed and sent to Laban for wife in Abraham
linage.
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Genesis 27:42-45;
28:1-5
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Subject Sentence (Summarizes the contents of the Divisions – No
more than 10 words)
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Isaac, Jacob and Esau deception, trouble and blessings
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Aim (Main Teaching Point of the Passage)
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To Learn that in all things God’s has a perfect plan for
his own; forsaking it leads to catastrophe.
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Specific Application Questions
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1. Where
do you have conflict in seeking God’s will?
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2. How
do you respond to adverse situations?
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3. How
can you situate (involve) yourself to be a blessing?
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4. In
what ways to you act to be in God’s will?
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Principles to Remember
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There can be conflict in doing God’s will; our faith
requires we keep in touch with Him.
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Adverse situations prove our faith.
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We can all be God’s blessing to others and reflect our
faith
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Knowing and Doing God’s will demonstrate faith
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